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Search the BIOGRAPHY headings in the Locality Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] if your ancestor played an important part in a group or occupation. For prominent businessmen, leaders, religious, or historical figures, the following are important sources: | Search the BIOGRAPHY headings in the Locality Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] if your ancestor played an important part in a group or occupation. For prominent businessmen, leaders, religious, or historical figures, the following are important sources: | ||
*'' | *''http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&series=5805&disp=British+and+Irish+biographies%2C+1840%2D1940&columns=*,0,0 British and Irish Biographies | ||
{{dead link}}.'' London, England: Chadwick-Healey, 1986-. (On more than 1,500 Family History Library microfiche.) | |||
This is a major, growing collection of various biographies and directories. A major portion of the collection is indexed (Family History Library fiche 6342001, 325 fiche). To find fiche numbers and index references, see ''Register to Family History Library Microfiche Numbers for British and Irish Biographies, 1840-1940'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 1989; Family History Library book Ref | This is a major, growing collection of various biographies and directories. A major portion of the collection is indexed (Family History Library fiche 6342001, 325 fiche). To find fiche numbers and index references, see ''Register to Family History Library Microfiche Numbers for British and Irish Biographies, 1840-1940'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 1989; Family History Library book Ref {{FHL|396623|title-id|disp=942 A3cj}}). | ||
You can find this collection in the Author/Title Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES. | You can find this collection in the Author/Title Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under BRITISH AND IRISH BIOGRAPHIES. | ||
*'' | *''{{FHL|567444|title-id|disp=British Biographical Archives}}.'' New York: K. G. Sauer, Inc, 1986. Family History Library fiche 6029709-732, 1160 fiche.) This collection of biographies is taken from 324 printed sources and covers 1600 to 1900. | ||
*Chalmers, Alexander. '' | *Chalmers, Alexander. ''{{FHL|920.042 C353g|disp=The General Biographical Dictionary}}.'' Rev. ed. 32 vols. London, England: J. Nichols, 1812. (Family History Library book Ref 920.042 C353g.) This is a historical and critical account of the lives and writings of most eminent British persons from 1060 to 1812. It is arranged alphabetically and has an index in each volume. | ||
*'' | *''{{FHL|702862|title-id|disp=Dictionary of National Biography}}.'' London, England: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1885. (Family History Library book Ref 920.042 D561n; also on fiche {{FHL|244797|title-id|disp=6051261}}, 278 fiche.) This series includes biographies of British subjects whose careers would be of interest to many people. It includes people who lived from 1500 to 1980. | ||
You will usually find collective biographies listed in the Locality Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | You will usually find collective biographies listed in the Locality Search of the [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] under: | ||